The one-day ban on NDTV India is a direct attack on free press. It is an attempt to silence dissent and violets the rights to question, discuss and debate the actions and the policies of the authorities, which is one of the basic rights in any democracy. Since long, government has been trying to suppress voices in the name of nationalism making people used to with the idea of living under an undeclared emergency.

These 10 Cartoons are in a protest against this attack on the freedom of speech.

17 Cartoons against the Censor Board for Film Certification and their chief Pahlaj Nihalani for their dictatorial approach towards censorship. Pahalaj Nihalani had recently suggested more than 30 cuts and the name change for 'Udta Panjab', which is scheduled to be released on Jun 17 after the interference of Mumbai High Court.

Massive protest has been planned at Maoist hotbed Bastar to be led by thousands of local, regional, state and national journalists on December 21, demanding a law to protect scribes, who are stuck between Maoists and police at conflict zone in Chhattisgarh. The protests come in wake of arrests of two regional journalists in Bastar on charges of supporting Maoists. Regional journalist Santosh Yadav, 29, who worked as freelancer for newspapers was arrested on September 29 and another news agent Somaru Nag on July 16.

Tamil folk singer Kovan has been arrested by the Chennai police in charges of 'SEDITION' for just making a song in which he criticized the Tamil Nadu government for the alcoholism in the state. The songs offending the authorities criticize the state government’s alleged callousness in running TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation) bars when the people were floundering in alcoholism and homes were being wrecked due to the habit.

The Vyapam scam is an admission and recruitment scam involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A number of people connected to the scam and its investigation, died during the course of investigation. The opposition parties and activists alleged that several of these deaths happened under suspicious circumstances. In 2015, the Special Task Force (STF) submitted a list to High Court, naming 23 people who are believed to have died "unnatural death". According to the STF, most of these deaths took place before it took over the investigation in July 2013. Some media reports claimed that 40+ people associated with the scam had died under mysterious cirumstance.